Fall of the Angels by Josh Raymer

Author:Josh Raymer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 2021-07-09T20:27:59+00:00

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Obviously, Augustus did not kill my dad.

I’m back amongst the time trees now, running along the path toward the vanishing point. A replay of what I just saw runs on a loop in my mind.

I don’t need multiple guesses to know who my dad’s killer is—it’s the same person who wore my dad’s face when he showed up on Colin’s security system.

Not a person, though…an angel. That traitorous scum, Gregori.

Augustus told me Gregori had been scheming with Malphas long before I was born. My guess is that Dad’s interference wasn’t part of their plan. He was merely a problem that needed to be dealt with, so Malphas let Gregori do the dirty work. Colin’s story wasn’t the truth, but only because he didn’t know Gregori was at the carnival that night. He knew my dad was confronting Malphas, so when he found Malcolm’s dead body, he assumed Malphas was the one who killed him.

Malphas couldn’t tell me the truth because it would’ve revealed Gregori’s involvement. Besides, he took too much pleasure in lying to me.

Now that I know the truth that’s eluded me for more than a decade, I feel…empty. Nothing inside me has changed after witnessing that memory firsthand. I thought there would be a sense of relief or a feeling of peace would wash over me once I finally knew what had happened to my dad. All I feel now, though, is anger. To think that I was duped by an angel who not only was working with Malphas and tried to kill me but was also responsible for taking my dad away—it’s too much right now. The white-hot rage licking at my insides doesn’t serve me. I need to push it aside and focus on my next step, which is getting to Augustus and Bron.

Once I reach them, we can make a plan for activating Lightfall. With the guesswork and guilt removed, I have a level of clarity that wasn’t there before we met with the archangels. Every muscle in my body crackles with renewed purpose and strength.

By the time my mind detaches itself from the vision of Malphas and my dad, I’m shocked to see that I’m already standing in Bron’s canyon. Last trip here, the compression tunnel nearly fried my brain. Now I just passed through it without even realizing it, like when you pull into your garage without the faintest idea of what your commute home was like.

I break into a sprint, tearing up the path that leads to Bron’s home. As I near the crest of the hill, I hear voices echoing off the stone walls. My heart leaps at the thought of finally returning home. The first step to reaching that goal is reuniting with my friends—something that wasn’t guaranteed just a short while ago when Raphael punched me into a pocket dimension.

“Guys, it’s me!” I yell as Bron’s home comes into view. The last thing I want is Augustus cutting me down because he thinks I’m a rogue angel.

“Was that Silas?” comes a muffled voice from inside Bron’s home.

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